Friday, July 4, 2014

WHO IS HADLEY COLT? THE MYSTERY ENDURES...

Throughout July, we continue to offer the chance to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card to the reader who can penetrate the enigma wrapped in mystery that is Hadley Colt.

In other words, pierce the veil of my penname and correctly identify who the real, already-known author of PERMANENT FATAL ERROR is and win a prize (and literary bragging rights).

Clues have been sprinkled around the Twitter-verse for several weeks now, but the contest to reveal my true identity continues.

Here are your clues:

Guess the famous author Clue 1 What is the common symbol for the Roman God "Mars"? ?

Guess the famous author who wrote this Clue 2 Hadley Colt is an Edgar finalist... ?


Guess the famous author Clue 3 What is my 1st published work? (Hint: The devil's in the details...) ?


Guess the famous author Clue 4 Colt is a name in a novel published under my real byline. ?


Guess the famous author who wrote this Clue 5 Do the math: 31313 ?



Email your best guesses and contact information to betimesbooks@gmail.com

If there is more than one correct guess, a drawing will be held to determine the winner at the end of July.

The prize is two-fold: A $100 Amazon gift certificate, and a signed copy of PERMANENT FATAL ERROR in its rarest form: autographed by Ms. Colt, and, well, by me

Happy guessing. Clues will be fair, but authors often have a much harder time hiding behind an assumed prose style, so if you want to go at this the old-fashioned way, you can order PFE here: